Information is essential in every business and company. From your local car supplier to a multinational oil corporation, information is the key to the operation of modern commerce and therefore a valuable asset that must be protected.

Every business needs a backup plan

Lost data means lost money, especially if it involves customer information, tax records, or other personal data. How can your company lose data? Simple: hard drives fail, computers go up in flames, the whole building goes up in flames, a natural disaster strikes, thieves stole your computers on which your business stores data.

Your entire business may depend on that data, and therefore you need to protect it like you protect your life. Therefore, you should have a plan to back up your data in case something goes wrong. Better safe than sorry.

The lesson of Hurricane Katrina

We all learned a sobering lesson from the 2005 disaster in New Orleans. Not only was there physical devastation, but an incredible amount of data was also lost, as there were multiple data centers located there. Those strong enough to rebuild their business were left with no business to rebuild as they had absolutely no data.

The only businesses that survived Katrina were those that backed up their data to online backup servers, as they were able to restore their data and were therefore back in business.

The advantages of online server backup

It is easy and reliable. It can be scheduled or manually started and works just like a traditional backup, except it’s online.

Being a distant server protect it from a disaster in your geographic area like Katrina.

Your backups have backups. These online servers always keep a backup of all drives in their clusters, adding another layer of data security.

Secure transmission of data over the Internet using state-of-the-art encryption technology that makes your data inaccessible to anyone who does not have the correct password.

The evolution of the Internet makes online backup quick and easy, and today’s software makes it even easier to back up, restore, or maintain your records.